1. El Celler de Can Roca (Girona, Spain)

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Spanish chefs of El Celler de Can Roca Joan Roca (C), Jordi Roca (L) and Josep Roca (R) pose with their employees at the restaurant in Girona. Spain's El Celler de Can Roca seized the title of the world's best restaurant from Denmark's Noma, one month after dozens of people came down with a bout of food poisoning from the Copenhagen eatery. The restaurant in Girona, run by three brothers and known for its dishes based on perfumes, had spent two years as runner-up on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list compiled for a 12th year by more than 900 international experts for Britain's Restaurant magazine.

Spanish chefs of El Celler de Can Roca Joan Roca (C), Jordi Roca (L) and Josep Roca (R) pose with their employees at the restaurant in Girona. Spain's El Celler de Can Roca seized the title of the world's best restaurant from Denmark's Noma, one month after dozens of people came down with a bout of food poisoning from the Copenhagen eatery. The restaurant in Girona, run by three brothers and known for its dishes based on perfumes, had spent two years as runner-up on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list compiled for a 12th year by more than 900 international experts for Britain's Restaurant magazine. (Quique Garcia/AFP/Getty Images)

Spanish chefs of El Celler de Can Roca Joan Roca (C), Jordi Roca (L) and Josep Roca (R) pose with their employees at the restaurant in Girona. Spain's El Celler de Can Roca seized the title of the world's best restaurant from Denmark's Noma, one month after dozens of people came down with a bout of food poisoning from the Copenhagen eatery. The restaurant in Girona, run by three brothers and known for its dishes based on perfumes, had spent two years as runner-up on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list compiled for a 12th year by more than 900 international experts for Britain's Restaurant magazine.